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With Collective picks up place on Foxtel roster 2

Host/Havas launch first campaign for Lion’s James Boag

Nine launches 9News mobile app with geo-location technology

WPP reports further stagnant revenues, but Sorrell downplays threat of consultancies

‘Those poor snowflakes’: Fox FM pulls Milo Yiannopoulos ads 20

ISelect enlists Beau Ryan and his pet chicken in social media campaign 3

‘Fail’ compilation ad by Ozmosis branded ‘irresponsible’ and banned by ad watchdog 5

The Guardian joins IAB push for publishers to ‘clean up’ programmatic ad chain 1

Initiative’s René Migliore appointed as Mediahub Perth GM of media

Boost Mobile tells Australians to ‘get more’ in Summer campaign

Seven’s new drama The Good Doctor cracks 1m metro viewers to win the night

Digital news ad revenue climbs 8.5%, but print falls 14% 4

Tim Bishop joins Channel T as creative director

Dentsu Mitchell’s national MD Adrian Roeling named as Amplifi president 2

KPMG Acuity continues its expansion with three new hires

Australian Rugby Union rebrands to Rugby AU as it attempts to become a game for everyone 13

‘Drinking, diving, heavy petting and digging for swag’: Cummins&Partners NY creates brand identity for Moxy Hotels 2

Australian TV is a snowfield of white faces, hears Sydney launch of Media Diversity Australia 4

‘Voice activated technology is the future’: News Corp offers subscription service with Google Home 3

We Are Social appoints an editorial director, Suz Tucker

CMOs remain suspicious of programmatic advertising, warns the latest IAB playbook

Bondi Hipsters front new campaign for US city Portland 2

Out-of-home industry will benefit from James Warburton’s ‘wider view of life’, says APN chairman Doug Flynn

Seven’s The Wall defeats Nine’s Family Food Fight 4

Entries now open for the 2018 Mumbrella CommsCon Awards

Booking.com appoints Red Agency to PR account

Stayz seeks new public relations agency

The Simpsons will not return to Ten as 21st Century Fox officially terminates deal 8

Australian drama film production spend up 45% but children’s drama falls 27%, Screen Australia reports

Thor: Ragnarok collects more than $10m in earnings at first weekend box office, while Suburbicon struggles 1

Cricketer Chris Gayle wins defamation case against Fairfax, but publisher claims it ‘did not get a fair trial’ 2

Father and daughter bond over Cabot’s deck protector in latest campaign 6

Horses gallop along Brisbane highway in Goa activation with Ladbrokes 2

Hit 92.9 reveals Heidi, Xavier & Ryan as new Perth breakfast show

Contiki launches a ‘Escape Room’ to bring Southern India to Sydney

ARN launches instore iHeartRadio for Business app

Starts at 60 partners with St George Bank for financial content series featuring grandparents and their grandkids

AAMI extends ‘not very insurancey’ campaign promoting its repair services 1

Facebook Messenger launches new discover service as the service claims 13 million Australian users 1

Mumbrella’s Secrets of Agency Excellence returns with practical workshops to better your business

The Block achieves largest audience since 2014, with 2.462m tuning in for winner announcement 1

Sky News Business to move into News Corp HQ as broadcaster announces 2018 plans, including the return of Outsiders 28

Battle for yearly ratings win intensifies as Nine closes gap on Seven 3

7mate scores larger audience share than Ten on Saturday 1

Mike Tyson to front Ultra Tune’s next ad campaign 7

Visit Melbourne launches first campaign in six years with ‘A Twist at Every Turn’

Rugby League World Cup gifts Seven Friday night ratings win

ABC2 rebrands to become ABC Comedy

Seven brings in Andrew Denton, Back with the Ex and 7 Plus to bounce back from ‘toughest year in recent history’

Triple J fans take to Twitter as station goes silent following technical problems

Edge acquires creative agency Creative Oasis

Time to end the ‘calendar juggling nightmare’ of upfronts says agency boss 1

Toys ‘R’ Us ad campaign pushes ‘Join the fun’ message

Swift: I’ll dance a jig if Family Food Fight rates 800,000 1

Sophie Monk’s big Bachelorette moment pulls in 2.2m viewers – Ten’s biggest audience of 2017 1

The Urban List looks to expand through more travel coverage

Mindbox wins DHL Express account

Seven saves The Doctor Blake Mysteries from ABC axe 63

Isentia boss Croll insists he won’t resign over King Content acquisition as share price plummets 15

Australian Defence Force Recruiting set to pitch creative account

Penultimate Bachelorette episode cracks 1.1m metro viewers

University of Queensland targets donors with ‘Not If, When’ message

Mumbrella Retail Marketing Summit returns with focus on the customer journey, drone delivery and the role of experience

Isentia exits content marketing, downgrades profits and ends legal war with Meltwater 3

Brian Keenan joins Weber Shandwick in strategy role

Schwartz Media redesigns The Monthly

Courier-Mail and The Advertiser latest News sites to be redesigned

Telstra victorious against AOC as Federal Court rules on guerrilla ‘I go to Rio’ campaign

Australian Open launches bot targeting last-minute ticket buyers

Google, ABC News and Walkley Foundation expand journalism fellowship

News Corp appoints new editors for The Mercury and Townsville Bulletin

University graduates ‘unprepared for marketing world’ 19

Kraft Singles and Kraft Peanut Butter to return to Australia 7

Become a cancer researcher by downloading our app, Vodafone tells customers 10

Blackley points to podcasts, programmatic buying and data to boost SCA’s revenues

Final inspection episode of The Block helps Nine win Tuesday night’s ratings

Chris Hemsworth narrates moody Jacob’s Creek’s ‘Two Barrels, One Soul’ ad

Fairfax’s editorial director Sean Aylmer resigns 3

99Designs pivots to agencies and returns to its Melbourne roots

Qantas offers to pay for Americans’ passports if they travel to Australia 4

Clare Basire joins Thrive PR as business director

Tom Martin and Julian Schreiber exit Cummins & Partners for Special Group 14

Blue 449 restructures strategy team

MLA marketer Andrew Howie joins Westpac as head of advertising 6

Greg Brown departs as president of Dentsu Aegis’ media investment arm Amplifi

Re-edited Youfoodz ‘forking’ ad triggers fresh round of complaints 11

Nine’s The Block special defeats Ten’s Bachelor and Bachelorette All Star Family Feud

Prue Cox joins LinkedIn as marketing solutions boss